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Gracia, >I'm doing a political ad to put in our local rag…what is the best lpi output from my HP4m to give them a camera ready product? I usually use 90lpi & 600dpi. This will be mainly type.< That sounds O.K., 600dpi is fine for text. 90lpi should be o.K. too, depends on the picture and what kind of printing your "local rag" uses. Ask them what lpi they use/recommend (or check it yourself with a screen tester) you may be able to use higher lpi, but you will lose levels of grey as you go higher. (fewer printer dots per halftone dot) You could also make your printout double size and have them reduce it 50%. (hopefully their camera person won't mess it up) That would give you the equivalent of 1200 dpi! Adjust your lpi accordingly… 90lpi would be too high (90×2=180lpi!) use half of your desired final lpi. Maybe 60lpi x2 = 120lpi final. / / / //ANDRE